diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
index ddb960be99..44ca9f678d 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdb/influxdb/tsdb"
 )
 
+const (
+	// DefaultBindAddress is the default address for raft, cluster, snapshot, etc..
+	DefaultBindAddress = ":8088"
+
+	// DefaultHostname is the default hostname used if we are unable to determine
+	// the hostname from the system
+	DefaultHostname = "localhost"
+)
+
 // Config represents the configuration format for the influxd binary.
 type Config struct {
 	Meta       *meta.Config      `toml:"meta"`
@@ -55,10 +64,6 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// BindAddress is the address that all TCP services use (Raft, Snapshot, Cluster, etc.)
 	BindAddress string `toml:"bind-address"`
-
-	// Hostname is the resolvable name for other servers in
-	// the cluster to reach this server
-	Hostname string `toml:"hostname"`
 }
 
 // NewConfig returns an instance of Config with reasonable defaults.
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c.ContinuousQuery = continuous_querier.NewConfig()
 	c.Retention = retention.NewConfig()
 	c.HintedHandoff = hh.NewConfig()
+	c.BindAddress = DefaultBindAddress
 
 	return c
 }
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
index 9f9209927e..e1cdb15639 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func NewServer(c *Config, buildInfo *BuildInfo) (*Server, error) {
 	if dir == "" {
 		dir = c.Meta.Dir
 	}
+
+	// load the node information
 	node, err := influxdb.NewNode(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ func NewServer(c *Config, buildInfo *BuildInfo) (*Server, error) {
 	// In 0.10.0 bind-address got moved to the top level. Check
 	// The old location to keep things backwards compatible
 	bind := c.BindAddress
-	if bind == "" {
+	if c.Meta.BindAddress != "" {
 		bind = c.Meta.BindAddress
 	}
 
@@ -125,16 +127,11 @@ func NewServer(c *Config, buildInfo *BuildInfo) (*Server, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("must run as either meta node or data node or both")
 	}
 
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to determine hostname: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	httpBindAddress, err := defaultHost(hostname, c.HTTPD.BindAddress)
+	httpBindAddress, err := defaultHost(DefaultHostname, c.HTTPD.BindAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	tcpBindAddress, err := defaultHost(hostname, bind)
+	tcpBindAddress, err := defaultHost(DefaultHostname, bind)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/services/meta/config.go b/services/meta/config.go
index 42758690cc..4a5202cd5d 100644
--- a/services/meta/config.go
+++ b/services/meta/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package meta
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/influxdb/toml"
@@ -49,10 +48,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Enabled bool   `toml:"enabled"`
 	Dir     string `toml:"dir"`
 
-	// hostname used if bind addresses do not specify an IP or hostname.  We look
-	// this up once to avoid resolving it too frequently.
-	hostname string
-
 	// this is deprecated. Should use the address from run/config.go
 	BindAddress string `toml:"bind-address"`
 
@@ -78,16 +73,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // NewConfig builds a new configuration with default values.
 func NewConfig() *Config {
-	// Lookup our hostname and fall back to our default "localhost" if that
-	// fails for any reason.  The hostname needs to be resolvable by remote
-	// cluster nodes.
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		hostname = DefaultHostname
-	}
-
 	return &Config{
-		hostname:             hostname,
 		Enabled:              true, // enabled by default
 		BindAddress:          DefaultRaftBindAddress,
 		HTTPBindAddress:      DefaultHTTPBindAddress,
@@ -116,7 +102,7 @@ func (c *Config) defaultHost(addr string) string {
 	}
 
 	if host == "" {
-		return net.JoinHostPort(c.hostname, port)
+		return net.JoinHostPort(DefaultHostname, port)
 	}
 	return addr
 }